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Prestonia (plant)

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Genus of plants

Prestonia
Prestonia coalita
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Gentianales
Family: Apocynaceae
Subfamily: Apocynoideae
Tribe: Echiteae
Genus: Prestonia
R.Br.
Synonyms
  • Belandra S.F.Blake
  • Guachamaca Grosourdy
  • Haemadictyon Lindl.
  • Rhaptocarpus Miers
  • Rhodocalyx Müll.Arg.

Prestonia is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1810. It is native to Mexico, Central America, South America, and the West Indies. It is closely related to Artia and Parsonsia.

Species
  1. Prestonia acrensis - Acre in Brazil
  2. Prestonia amabilis - Pastaza in Ecuador
  3. Prestonia amazonica - N Brazil
  4. Prestonia annularis - Trinidad, N South America
  5. Prestonia bahiensis - E Brazil
  6. Prestonia boliviana - Chuquisaca
  7. Prestonia brittonii - Trinidad, Venezuela
  8. Prestonia calycina - S Brazil, Paraguay, NE Argentina
  9. Prestonia cayennensis - N South America
  10. Prestonia cephalantha - Bolivia
  11. Prestonia clandestina - S Mexico
  12. Prestonia coalita - much of South America
  13. Prestonia cogolloi - Antioquia in Colombia
  14. Prestonia cordifolia - Peru
  15. Prestonia cornutisepala - Bolivia
  16. Prestonia cyaniphylla - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, N Argentina
  17. Prestonia denticulata - Pará, Rio de Janeiro
  18. Prestonia didyma - E Brazil
  19. Prestonia discolor - Guyana
  20. Prestonia dusenii - S Brazil
  21. Prestonia erecta - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
  22. Prestonia exserta - Trinidad, Venezuela, Colombia, Panama
  23. Prestonia falcatosepala - Colombia, Ecuador
  24. Prestonia folsomii - Colombia, Panama
  25. Prestonia guianensis - Venezuela, Guyana
  26. Prestonia hammelii - Costa Rica
  27. Prestonia haughtii - Colombia
  28. Prestonia ipomaeifolia - Panama, NW South America, Fr Guiana
  29. Prestonia lacerata - Peru
  30. Prestonia lagoensis - Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay, Uruguay, N Argentina
  31. Prestonia leco - La Paz in Bolivia
  32. Prestonia lenticellata - Panama
  33. Prestonia lindleyana - Venezuela, Colombia, Brazil
  34. Prestonia longifolia - S Mexico, Central America, Colombia
  35. Prestonia megagros - Venezuela, Brazil
  36. Prestonia mexicana - C + S Mexico, Central America, Colombia
  37. Prestonia mollis - Panama, NW South America
  38. Prestonia morilloi - Venezuela, Colombia, Panama
  39. Prestonia papillosa - Colombia
  40. Prestonia parviflora - Venezuela, Colombia
  41. Prestonia parvifolia - Ecuador
  42. Prestonia peregrina - Ecuador
  43. Prestonia phenax - Peru, Bolivia
  44. Prestonia plumeriifolia - Peru, NW Brazil
  45. Prestonia portobellensis - S Mexico to Ecuador
  46. Prestonia premontana - Venezuela
  47. Prestonia quinquangularis - South + Central America, West Indies
  48. Prestonia racemosa - Peru
  49. Prestonia riedelii - Peru, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, N Argentina
  50. Prestonia riverae - Costa Rica
  51. Prestonia robusta - Peru, Bolivia
  52. Prestonia rotundifolia - Colombia, Ecuador
  53. Prestonia schumanniana - Ecuador
  54. Prestonia seemannii - N Colombia, Panama
  55. Prestonia solanifolia - SE Brazil
  56. Prestonia speciosa - Chiapas to Nicaragua
  57. Prestonia succo - Peru
  58. Prestonia surinamensis - Colombia, N Brazil, 3 Guianas
  59. Prestonia tomentosa - tropical South America
  60. Prestonia trifida - Costa Rica to Brazil
  61. Prestonia tysonii - Panama
  62. Prestonia vana - Peru
  63. Prestonia vaupesana - Venezuela, Colombia
Formerly included
  1. Prestonia agglutinata (Jacq.) Woodson = Echites agglutinatus Jacq.
  2. Prestonia arborescens Monach. = Hylaea arborescens (Monach.) J.F.Morales
  3. Prestonia caudata Woodson = Echites puntarenensis J.F.Morales
  4. Prestonia contorta (M.Martens & Galeotti) Hemsl. = Laubertia contorta (M.Martens & Galeotti) Woodson
  5. Prestonia hirsuta Spreng. 1824 not Müll.Arg. 1860 = Mandevilla pavonii (A.DC.) Woodson
  6. Prestonia langlassei Standl. = Laubertia contorta (M.Martens & Galeotti) Woodson
  7. Prestonia leptoloba Monach. = Hylaea leptoloba (Monach.) J.F.Morales
  8. Prestonia peruviana Spreng. = Mandevilla glandulosa (Ruiz & Pav.) Woodson
  9. Prestonia woodsoniana (Monach.) A.H.Gentry = Echites woodsonianus Monach.

References

  1. "Prestonia information from NPGS/GRIN". www.ars-grin.gov. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
  2. ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families". Retrieved May 18, 2014.
  3. Livshultz, T., D. J. Middleton, M. E. Endress, and J. K. Williams.(2007) Phylogeny of Apocynoideae and the APSA Clade (Apocynaceae S.l.). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden 94, no. 2: 324–59.
  4. Morales, J.F.; Endress, M.E.; Liede-Schumann, S. (2017) Sex, drugs and pupusas: Disentangling relationships in Echiteae (Apocynaceae). Taxon 66 (3): 623-644. https://doi.org/10.12705/663.7
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Taxon identifiers
Prestonia
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